august
see also: August
Pronunciation Adjective
August
Pronunciation Proper noun
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see also: August
Pronunciation Adjective
august (comparative auguster, superlative augustest)
- Awe-inspiring, majestic, noble, venerable.
- an august patron of the arts
- Of noble birth.
- an august lineage
- French: auguste
- Portuguese: augusto, majestoso, nobre
- Russian: вели́чественный
- Spanish: majestuoso, augusto
august (augusts, present participle augusting; past and past participle augusted)
- (obsolete, rare) To make ripe; ripen.
- (obsolete, rare) To bring to realization.
august (plural augusts)
- Alternative form of auguste#English|auguste (“kind of clown”)
August
Pronunciation Proper noun
The eighth month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, following July and preceding September. - A female given name derived from the month (rare modern usage).
- 1993, Margaret Atwood, Robber Bride, Virago Press (2013), ISBN 9781853817229, page 48:
- August, Charis named her, because that's when she was born. Warm breezes, baby powder, languorous heat, the smell of mown hay. Such a soft name. Too soft for her daughter, who has added an a. Augusta, she is now — a very different resonance. Marble statues, Roman noses, tight-lipped commanding mouths.
- 1993, Margaret Atwood, Robber Bride, Virago Press (2013), ISBN 9781853817229, page 48:
- Sextilis (chiefly early Roman contexts), Sextile (early Roman contexts, now uncommon)
- Augustal
- Augustan
- Augustean
- augusteity
- Augustin, Augustine
- Augustinian
- augustious
- Augustus
- French: août, aout
- German: August, Ernting
- Italian: agosto
- Portuguese: agosto
- Russian: а́вгуст
- Spanish: agosto
- A male given name.
- 1974 Witi Ihimaera, Whanau, Heinemann, page 76:
- Thirteen year old August is the eldest; he begins to pull the kite downward. Like his sister and brother, June and July, he has been named after the month in which he was born.
- 1974 Witi Ihimaera, Whanau, Heinemann, page 76:
- (US) Surname
- CDP in San Joaquin County, California.
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